Capt. Thomas Osborne I of Coxendale
1584-1677
My research dates to the birth of Capt. Thomas Osborne I in the year 1584 in England. Records indicate that he married Martha Jones prior to immigrating to America in 1619. Thomas is reportedly buried at Jones Cemetery near Petersburg in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia. Martha Jones Osborne is also shown to buried there however her birth and death dates are unknown. There is ambiguity between the Martha Jones and the documented Martha Jones that married Thomas Osborne IV in 1688.
My research dates to the birth of Capt. Thomas Osborne I in the year 1584 in England. Records indicate that he married Martha Jones prior to immigrating to America in 1619. Thomas is reportedly buried at Jones Cemetery near Petersburg in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia. Martha Jones Osborne is also shown to buried there however her birth and death dates are unknown. There is ambiguity between the Martha Jones and the documented Martha Jones that married Thomas Osborne IV in 1688.
Lieutenant Thomas Osborne arrived in Jamestown aboard the Bona Nova late in 1619; no family members are known to have accompanied him at this time but the manifest indicates that he brought three servants.The Bona Nova was piloted by Captain John Huddleston. Thomas was selected by the London Company in England to serve as the leader of the military contingent in the settlement of College Land, a large area of land near Henricus City. The latter was the second permanent settlement in Virginia, the first, of course, being Jamestown. He appears in the two early lists of inhabitants, dated February 1623/24, and January 1624/25, as a resident of "Celledge Land."
Lieutenant Thomas Osborne arrived in Jamestown aboard the Bona Nova late in 1619; no family members are known to have accompanied him at this time but the manifest indicates that he brought three servants.The Bona Nova was piloted by Captain John Huddleston. Thomas was selected by the London Company in England to serve as the leader of the military contingent in the settlement of College Land, a large area of land near Henricus City. The latter was the second permanent settlement in Virginia, the first, of course, being Jamestown. He appears in the two early lists of inhabitants, dated February 1623/24, and January 1624/25, as a resident of "Celledge Land."
After the March 1622 attack by the Indians, where roughly one-third of those settlers between Jamestown and Henricus City were killed, Lieut. Thomas Osborne lead a retaliatory attack; from this point onward, he appears in the records as Captain Thomas Osborne. From 1625-1633 he served in the House of Burgesses and, having been granted a large tract of land known as Coxendale, settled there around 1625. The first town in Coxendale, Gatesville, was later named Osbornes and became an important inspection, storage, and shipping center for tobacco well into the late 19th century. He lived his entire life in Coxendale (that part which is now Chesterfield County), and the succeeding four generations of his namesake also made Coxendale their home.
After the March 1622 attack by the Indians, where roughly one-third of those settlers between Jamestown and Henricus City were killed, Lieut. Thomas Osborne lead a retaliatory attack; from this point onward, he appears in the records as Captain Thomas Osborne. From 1625-1633 he served in the House of Burgesses and, having been granted a large tract of land known as Coxendale, settled there around 1625. The first town in Coxendale, Gatesville, was later named Osbornes and became an important inspection, storage, and shipping center for tobacco well into the late 19th century. He lived his entire life in Coxendale (that part which is now Chesterfield County), and the succeeding four generations of his namesake also made Coxendale their home.
(not the real Bona Nova but you get the "drift")
(not the real Bona Nova but you get the "drift")
